Critical Writing Index

The Buttons on Pandora's Box:: David Tudor and the Bandoneon

by Jonathan Goldman

American Music, Spring 2012, pp. 30-60

Jonathan Goldman discusses artist David Tudor's performances with the peculiar musical instrument, the bandoneon. He details Tudor's collaboration with video artist, Lowell Cross, whose projections are generated by the bandoneon's long sustained audio notes, visually depicting the spatial distribution of sound.

ITEM 2012.064 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Bandoneon (a combine)David Tudor

Musica UniversalisLowell Cross

Anthony Gnazzo

Pandorasbox